Implementing an Environmental Management Program: Whose Decision is it? The National Park Service/Environmental Protection Agency Partnership Project

2020 ◽  
pp. 459-466
Author(s):  
Marie Bushway Zanowick ◽  
Michael Schene
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
National Park ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Protection Agency ◽  
Park Service ◽  
Environmental Management Program

Time to Fix the Damage of Weakened Chemical Disaster Prevention Regulations

2021 ◽  
pp. 104829112110306
Author(s):  
Rafael Moure-Eraso
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
Protection Agency ◽  
West Texas ◽  
Risk Management Program ◽  
Agency Risk ◽  
The U.S

The Trump administration weakened regulations through changes on rules that have been improved during the Obama years. An example is the reversal in 2019 of the improvements to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Risk Management Program, Chemical Disaster Prevention Rule. In 2013 a catastrophic explosion of ammonium nitrate in West, Texas, provided the impetus to improve the original regulations after an investigation of its consequences. The justification for reversing the improvements was provided by one of the three federal investigations conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives which alleged, without proof, that the West Texas explosion was caused by arson and thus nonpreventable. This commentary reviews the details of this reversal and recommends that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, now under the Biden Administration, resurrect its 2016 Risk Management Program chemical disaster rule in order to prevent future chemical facility catastrophes.

Philanthropy and the National Park Service

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Vaughn ◽  
Hanna J. Cortner
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Park Service

A Question Of Relevance

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-123
Author(s):  
Michael A. Capps
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Interpretive Approach ◽  
Park Service ◽  
Educational Component

Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial is an example of one memorial site that has successfully managed to retain relevance for nearly one hundred years by adapting to changes in scholarship and the expectations of its visitors. Initially created as a purely commemorative site, it has evolved into one where visitors can actively engage with the Lincoln story. By embracing an interpretive approach to managing the site, the National Park Service has been able to add an educational component to the experience of visiting the memorial that complements its commemorative nature.

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